UPDATE on Two!

 Thanks for all of your prayers and kind words about my old gal Two!  She is doing so much better it is hard to believe that she was as sick as she was Monday.  As you can see in the pictures Two is standing on her own now and walking as well as the old gal can expect to get around.

We bought her a really big bone yesterday and I gave it to her today.  We think she probably had a really bad seizure that took her some time to recover from it.  She is back to her old self now and we are happy that she is still here with us! 

Angela

Prayers Appreciated

 I'm asking for prayer today for my dear sweet Two.  I found her laying in the yard today when I was on my way to get my Little Man from the bus stop.  I had to leave her or I would miss the bus...  That was a hard decision to make.

 When I got home she wasn't able to stand on her own and just gently rolled back down.  I got a towel in the house and wrapped her up in it and took her to the front porch where I rocked for her a little bit.  She acted like she wanted down so I put her down on the ground thinking she might would be able to stand and walk.  I was wrong. 

 What makes this all the more difficult is today is my Young Lady's 17th birthday.  I truly hate to have Two pass on her birthday, but there isn't much I can do about that if it does happen....

 The other bad thing is my husband who never gets sick is sick and he is weak.  He said he don't know how he is going to dig her final resting place.  So I might end up having to do it myself. 

 I have already called the vet to find out what needs to be done so we can bring her in.  I hate to have to do that...

One thing is for sure, we will miss our sweet Two.  Thanks for your prayers in this very difficult time.

Angela

URGENT ~ MISSING TEEN FROM WEST VIRGINIA NEEDS OUR HELP! UPDATE ~ Her body was found...

UPDATE:  It is heartbreaking to hear the news that police believe they have found the body of this young girl along the river bank of the Ohio River.  They are saying that they have a suspect in custody.  

Please be on the lookout for this 16 year old girl who is a distant relative of mine.  I do not know her.  I've never met her, but my mom was best friends with her grandmother while in school.  It is heartbreaking that she has been missing for 2 weeks and hasn't been found or reached out for help.  I have a 16 year old daughter and it would absolutely drive me total nuts if this were to happen to her.  Here's what they are reporting as of today about her:

The Kanawha County Sheriff's Office said it is expanding its search for a 16-year-old girl who was reported missing from the Cross Lanes area on Aug. 10.

Detectives have been scouring phone records, surveillance footage and investigating any tips received about Ericka Brown, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. They are asking for expanded media attention in other areas, including Wood County, West Virginia, Athens County, Ohio, and the Columbus, Ohio, market. The investigation has led them to believe she was last heading that direction in the early morning hours that Sunday when her parents discovered she was missing from a residence.

Brown is is 5 feet 1 inches tall and weighs about 100 pounds. She has long, sandy blond hair. Her family was unable to tell detectives what she was wearing at the time of her disappearance. It is believed Brown left the house on her own, but may have been the victim of a crime after leaving, the release said.

Angela

Thanks for the Prayers!

I want to I want to thank everyone who has prayed for my sister from the other day. My sister had an ablation to the heart surgery this morning and is doing great now! The doctor said there is only a 1% chance that her heart rate would ever go up again. I wish I had had enough forethought to ask the doctor if that helped to keep her from needing to have a pacemaker in the future.  He did say she didn't have any blockages so that is great news to hear also.  She had a test done late last night to check her gallbladder. She may need to have surgery for that sometime in the future, but for now all is well.

Angela

Prayers Needed Again

I'd appreciate any and all prayers for my sister.  She had a heart attack last month.  The doctor has her on some medicine, but today she could feel her heart racing so she went to the hospital around 1pm.  She just sent me a text that she FINALLY got into a room!  She hasn't had anything to eat all day either.  If the roads weren't so bad I would have went to the hospital this evening but I didn't go.  Word to the wise, don't ever go to the hospital alone!  If you have someone with you you will get to eat because that someone will go get you some food from the cafeteria or a snack machine. 

Anyway, she is supposed to get a second opinion about having surgery.  They are wanting to do an ablation.  My dad had that done this summer and it didn't work so he ended up with a pacemaker.  Dad was 70. My sister is 40!  We are wondering if an affected root canal could be the cause of her heart problems right now.  She had two teeth pulled about 3 weeks before her heart attack.  We have read some bad things about infected teeth and all.  She just needs to find out if she really needs to have surgery or what is going on with her heart.  She has an 11 year old boy and a 3 year old boy.

Angela

Foot Problems

I wrote a few days ago about how I've been having problems with the heel of my foot since June.  I have been thinking it was caused from taking fenofibrate for the high triglycerides that the tamoxifen gave me.  Well, I think in part that is what trigged it, but after my doctor sent me for an x-ray of my foot I found out today that I do indeed have a very small heel spur!  When it first happened it felt like my foot was broke, but after all of my doctoring on it and quitting that medicine the pain is barely there.  I'd say I've gotten 90% better in the past month alone.  My doctor is supposed to make me an appointment with a foot doctor.  We'll see what he has to say I guess....  I'm hoping it will get better with the stretches I've been doing and the turmeric, a natural anti-inflammatory, and I won't need anything further.  I already had bought a real good pair of walking shoes back in June when all of this mess occurred so a new pair of shoes isn't going to help.  Anyway, I thought I'd update everyone on my foot problem!  lol 

Angela

Side Effects of Medicine and Big Decision to Make

My regular followers that read my blog are well aware that I had breast cancer in March of 2012.  Since then I have been taking a little pill called Tamoxifen.  It is an anti-cancer drug that is supposed to help to keep the breast cancer from coming back.  It's not a 100% guarantee that it will keep it from coming back, but it is to me like a preventative medicine so I've been taking it for the past year and a half.  Back in June when we were on vacation I woke up in the middle of the night with severe pain in my heel right at the ball of my foot.  I hobbled to the bathroom and couldn't figure out for the life of me what I had done from the time I went to bed to the time I woke up in severe pain.  The thought of it being from that little pill I take never crossed my mind at that point.  The heel pain went on to where I had severe muscle pain in my legs.  I felt like I ran a marathon.  So I turned to my good friend google and read lots of other women who had the same complaints who said it was from the different manufactures.  There are several that you can purchase so I was wanting to switch manufactures.  I also had found a compounding pharmacy that would make the tamoxifen for me without the fillers.  So I called my oncologist and talked to the nurse about what I wanted to do.  She then talked to my oncologist who told her he wanted me to go to Morgantown, West Virginia to see another doctor to get a second opinion.  I had forgot to tell the nurse that I had just recently had a urinary tract infection which is a common side effect from the pill.  While I was at the OBG office they did an ultrasound which resulted in me having to have a biopsy of the uterus.  One of the things this pill I take can cause is uterine cancer so now I am at a high risk for that I suppose.  Anyway, they made me an appointment for Monday, October 7th. 

We went to Morgantown Sunday after church so we wouldn't have to get up and drive there this morning to be there at 9 for my blood draw appointment. 

 

When we went back to the room to see the doctor 2 ladies came in from the American Cancer Society.  One was older and a 2 time breast cancer survivor.  I believe she had it the first time and then again 15 years later.  I didn't ask details because I just didn't think about them coming in.  All I could think about was I've already had surgery and I'm cancer free in my mind.  The other lady was around my age who was diagnosed 3 years ago.  She looked really good.  She said something about doing her treatments there at that hospital so I'm assuming she did chemo and/or radiation. 

 

Then the nurse came in and kind of ran them out and started taking some of my history down into the computer.  She wanted a list of my prescriptions and also my vitamins.  They didn't tell me that so I had to try to remember them all.  I take a lot of different vitamins which I was told in a round about way that I take too many and I need to be careful about it.

 

I was then interviewed by a 1 year oncology resident.  She asked about my family history with cancer, heart problems and the such.  She about died when I told her the family history that when she asked if I had any more and I replied do you want to know about uncles and aunts she said no!  lol  She felt on my neck and back and things and my feet.  The girl needs to push harder if she wants to find something!  She also took a look at my Kelly Rippa.  She was amazed at how beautiful my incision was!  You should have seen her face!  She couldn't believe just how good it looked.  So that tells me other women really get butchered from the surgery.  

 

We discussed why I called my oncologist about how I was trying to find out if changing the manufacture would help and all.  She said that they have a pharmacists there that can weigh in on that.  His reply was no it wouldn't help.

 

The specialist oncologist came in.  She was very nice and I liked her.  She told me that all of my problems are from the tamoxifen and I can't take that pill any longer.  She wants me to either have my ovaries removed or take some shot monthly that will put me into menopause so I can take another medicine.  I believe Arimidex is what she said but I think she mentioned another medicine too.  She told me that cancer cells can stay in your body for up to 10 to 15 years and that since mine is estrogen fed we have to get rid of the estrogen.  I figured she would tell me to do the surgery so I could take the other medicine but I didn't realize you can take shots and keep the ovaries.  I was still taken off guard and didn't ask the many questions I have now of course.  I did ask if I would only have to take it for the remaining 5 years and she said I would be starting new and take the new pill for 5 years.  She said the new guidelines for taking the tamoxifen is going up from 5 to 10 years!  She did tell me not to wait and to get it done as soon as possible which ever I decide to do.  She was really concerned with the fact that I have already have had to have a biopsy of my uterus since the tamoxifen can cause cancer there.  And the new pill can cause bone loss.  She told me I should get a bone density test to see where I am with osteoporosis which is a side effect.  I did look it up and seen that there is a 10% chance with that pill and a 7% chance with what I was taking.  I didn't know that!  To me that isn't much difference. 

 

I will have to say that this is a big set back in my mind and I really don't want to have to deal with it but I will have to.  It is almost as shocking as being told I had cancer in the first place.  There were a few other things she told me but this is already too long and overwhelming so I'll spare you the further details.  I'd appreciate your prayers in what decision I should make.  Personally, I'd rather just not do anything.  I really hate taking these medicines that cause irreversible side effects but I don't want the cancer to come back.  Thanks so much for your prayers in this matter!

 

Angela

  

Pacemaker update

My dad had his pacemaker put in today.  He did really good with it is what the doctor said.  We had to wait on a room to open up for him for hours.  I don't know why there wasn't already a room for him to go to right after recovery but there wasn't. We are afraid to ask when they think he might get to go home!  No more surgeries please!  I'm so tired and exhausted I just can't think to write more!   

Not out of the Woods

My dad isn't out of the woods yet.  Apparently one of the procedures they did that was supposed to help make his heart stay in rhythm didn't work so tomorrow, Friday, they are going to put in a pacemaker.  He didn't want to have to have that done but from talking to the nurse just now after midnight she said he has no choice.  They didn't know what time they were going to do it earlier today so that is why I waited until later tonight to call to find out when and how long.  I really didn't get an answer on the how long would it take as each person is different.  I read online that it takes a few hours to do it so I'll go with that. 

I'll have to say the longer this is going on the more awkward it is because my dad has a girlfriend.  I have met her before and she seems nice but she didn't call to tell me or my sister about this.  She didn't call us for 2 days when he first went into the hospital.  If it weren't for the fact that other family members knew and they were afraid that we would find out I think they wouldn't have let us know at all.  Seriously!  I'm also getting mad at the fact that every nurse, doctor or anyone who comes in his room to do something thinks that he is married to her and they aren't married.  The surgeon came out from his open heart surgery Monday and went straight to her to tell her what all he did.  He shouldn't be telling her anything because they aren't married.  He's supposed to be talking to me and/or my sister.  I do have it on record that I am the contact person but I they aren't calling me.  It's pretty sad when my sister had to call an older cousin of ours today to try to find out what was going on because she didn't have the pin # to talk to the nurse.  I have it but I wasn't home when she was trying to get it from me.  

This will be either the 5th or 6th time that they have put him under for surgery in the last 25 days or so.  That is too much but it has to be done.   

UPDATE on Dad

Praise the Lord! My dad had open heart surgery today.  It lasted a little longer than we had thought it was going to last but we really aren't sure when they got started on him.  After his surgery his surgeon came out to tell us what all he did during surgery. He only had to have 1 bypass because the 2 blocked arties were kind of the same artery or something like that.  They only had to replace 1 valve and they used a pig's valve that fixed the leakage he was having in his heart. The other procedure was working too that got his heart in rhythm. The nurse told us that we will know for sure if that worked in 6 months.  Thanks for all of the prayers! They did say the next 24 hours are the critical ones but that is with everyone.  We left him so he could get some rest since he was still hooked up to all of the machines.  I also needed to crash because I only had 4 hours of sleep in 2 hour intervals last night.  I got up at 3am and left at 4am to get there before 5am which I did.  It's been a very long and tiring day.

Angela 

Lots of Prayers Needed for my Dad

We got the results of the heart cath my dad had Thursday and they weren't good.  He is 95% blocked in the front and 65% blocked in the back.  His heart is still out of rhythm so they are going to try to cauterize it or from what I've read is if that don't work they will put in a pacemaker.  The doctor did not mention pacemaker that I know of.  He will also have to have a bypass and it seems like there is even yet another procedure they will need to do on his heart.  I believe there were 4 different problems in all.  It was a lot to take in all at once when we didn't think it was going to be this bad.

He has been in the hospital for going on 20 days now.  First it was the heart and gallbladder.  They did a stress test to make sure his heart was fine before they did the gallbladder surgery and it came back good.  We asked why that test would say he had good blood flow when he was 95% and 65% blocked!  All we got was sometimes those tests aren't accurate.  I know now that if I should ever need a stress test I am not going to do it because it gave us false information and we didn't think he was this bad off as he is. 

He looks great and is feeling really good now because he had the gallbladder out and all of that fluid that has been built up on him for a few years is now gone.  He's lost over 20 pounds of fluid!  He can get up and walk around on his own.  The new hospital that he got transferred to is like a suite.  It's very nice and comfortable.  He has a couch that folds out into a bed with it's own tv, a desk/table and a few chairs for visitors to sit in.  Unfortunately he won't be recovering in that room as he will be in ICU for a few days after they do his surgery.  Then he'll probably get a regular room for the rest of the time he will be there. 

The doctor had a dentist come and look at him yesterday and they did x-rays of his teeth.  Today he will get his teeth cleaned.  They have to make sure his teeth are healthy before they do the surgery so he won't get an infection. 

His surgery is scheduled for early Monday morning.  He will be having the full blown open heart surgery since he has so much wrong with him they can't do the minimally invasive surgery on him.  The surgeon told me it will take 4 to 5 hours to do his surgery.  It will be a long, long day for us all.  Since my parents are divorced I was told before his heart cath that I would be the one responsible to make decisions about his care.  I'm not sure if he will take that away from me and make his girlfriend do it or not but she would need a medical power of attorney.  Every time she talks to me she always tells me that it is up to me and my sister.  My sister really isn't in her right mind right now to be in that position and she even said that it would be up to me.  Hopefully I won't have to make any decisions at all.  I did however, change the surgeon that the doctor recommended to another surgeon that I have heard is the best.  His doctor didn't like it that I did that but I feel so much better knowing that the same doctor that did my Granny's carotid artery surgery a few years ago will be doing my dad's open heart surgery.  Yeah, there is a long story about that but I won't write it.  I'm fine with that doctor not liking me because it's mutual!  lol

Thanks for all of your support and prayers concerning my dad!  My blogging friends are the BEST!!!!! 

Angela 

Random Post & Prayers Needed

My Little Man just told me that when he was putting the flash light back in the laundry room that one of my boxes up there fell down.  Dang!  Did he see anything I didn't want him to see?  Yes, he did!  He just found where Santa hides Christmas!!!!  Where on Earth is Santa going to hide Christmas at now??? 

This morning I had a doctors appointment.  I was going to let my Young Lady and her Prince Charming watch my Little Man since I wasn't going to be gone that long and my Little Man didn't want to go anywhere today.  I didn't realize that it had rained (a lot) last night so the low water bridge was flooded and I couldn't get out that way.  I then tried to go out the other way and couldn't see the culvert as I drove by because the water was that high.  Because of the weeds it didn't look like it was that high but it was about 6 inches of being on the road.  I then had to turn around and tell my kids to get their stuff and get in the truck.  I didn't get 2 miles from the house when I got behind the county road people who were "fixing" our road.  I use that term loosely because they took us back to the 1800's with what they did to our road!  We had a paved road and now we have a tar and chipped road!  I HATE it!  They were finishing up the job.  While I was sitting there waiting a neighbor who happens to be a police officer pulled up behind me.  We finally were able to go on down the road.  I live on a country road that has a speed limit of 25.  It can be driven faster than that but that is what it is posted for.  I really wanted to make up the lost time of all of all of the earlier events but since I had the Po Po behind me I wasn't about to speed.  He kept his distance and then I could tell he was dying for me to drive faster.  I really wanted to pull over and ask him if it was alright if I did speed but I didn't!  lol  We finally came to where there is a split in the road.  I kept thinking which road should I take.  I went to the left.  I could tell he was thrilled that I did that as he took off like a whistle speeding on the road to the right.  At that point I was able to pick up the pace and was only 3 minutes late for my doctors appointment.  Too bad I was only 3 minutes late as I didn't get back into a room for an entire hour!  I was there a total of 2 hours.  I knew I would have blood work done so I fasted.  I wasn't hungry but I was so thirsty and couldn't drink anything. My appointment was at 11:00am and I didn't get to eat until around 2:00pm.

If anyone has noticed, I've been MIA the past 2 weeks.  My dad has been in the hospital.  The man waited two days before he told someone to tell me and my sister he was even there.  He had to have his gallbladder out and when they were in they found a kink and obstruction in his small intestines.  Before that his heart was going into afib so they did a stress test to see if they needed to do a cath before the gallbladder surgery.  That test came back fine so they went on with the gallbladder surgery.  He did well with that surgery but his heart was still going into afib.  They then decided to put him to sleep and try to shock his heart back into rhythm.  It worked for a little while but it went back out of rhythm.  They put him on some medicine and sent him home so he could heal up from the gallbladder surgery before they do something about his heart.  He went home with a friend who lives 3 miles from the worst hospital around here but that is where he's at.  They can't even do anything for him and his heart at that hospital.  He was home 2 days and went back early Sunday morning because he couldn't breath.  They then decided that he had pneumonia on his right lung.  They put a cpap on him and gave him a breathing treatment, iv antibiotics and a drip of something that would make him pee.  After an hour and a half he was doing so much better.  

Yesterday they did another test on him where they shot some dye into him to see what they could see.  They also shocked his heart again which he and his girl friend did not mention to us that they were going to shock his heart again.  Apparently now they are saying that his mitral valve has a leakage at 3 1/2 where 4 is the worst.  They also said something about congestive heart failure.  Tomorrow they will be transferring him to another hospital to do the cath they should had done 2 weeks ago.  We are told that the surgery that he will need can only be done at one local hospital which isn't mine or my sister's preference or at Cleveland, Ohio.  We'd like for him to go there because they do more of that type of surgery there then here.  I'd appreciate any and all prayers in this situation.  As some of my long time readers may remember from last summer I spent the entire summer going to different hospitals and rehabs when my Granny got sick with her gallbladder.  After 4 months of this she finally passed.  This is hard reliving what happened to her last summer and seeing it happening to my dad this summer.   

Loss of a Blogging Friend

My heart is heavy and my eyes are filled with tears as I write this post.  I just learned through fb that one of my longtime blogging best friend's passed away yesterday.  Some of you corgi lover's will know her as Linda of Corgi Country.  Linda was the kindest, sweetest, compassionate, loving, beautiful lady that I loved dearly.  I never got to meet Linda in person as she lived in California and I live in West Virginia, but from reading her blog and writing back and forth I knew that she loved her family and her friends and of course her corgi's and grand children were her pride and joy!  She loved to blog about her corgi's and she did so until her health just wouldn't let her do so.  She wrote the most beautiful poetry on another blog that she had.  She loved the Lord with all her heart and soul.  Linda was one of my prayer warrior's when I was going through breast cancer in March of 2012.  I know that God heard and answered her prayers for me.  I personally thought of Linda as being a Saint of God.  It breaks my heart that she is no longer here with us but Linda is walking the streets of gold and she's seen Jesus!  I will rejoice in knowing that she is in Heaven!  Linda Brock was loved by so many in the blogging world that I thought I would share about her passing so others would know.    

 

 

Rest in Peace Linda Brock! 

 

My Adventures Driving to Church

Oh the adventures that I get into while driving to church!  This morning I decided to take the long way to church because the other way the road was ice covered.  The way I went was only ice covered for 1 mile.  Not far from my house I ran upon 2 chickens in the road where there never have been chickens before.  I slammed on the brakes of course.  Then I couldn't see them move so I would back up to see where they were.  After a few minutes they finally moved.  Knowing I was already late for church and trying to make up some time I may or may not have been speeding.  Of all of the Sundays that I didn't use my cruise control, of course, there was a police car coming the other direction.  Now, usually there aren't very many cars out on the road at this time.  Just us 2 or 3 freaks that are going to church.  I mean, there literally aren't many people on the road at all.  I sometimes laugh that Jesus came back and took everyone up to Heaven and left me here all by myself because there are no other cars on the road at that time.  I hardly ever see another car much less a police car.  Anyway, he turned around and drove behind me for a little bit before flashing those blue lights at me.  No, it wasn't the blue light special at K-Mart at all!  I pull over hoping he is just going to pass me to go on to something else down the road, but no he pulls behind me.  I roll down the window and he asks me if I know why he's pulling me over.  I say no thinking could it be I have a tail light out even though my truck had just been inspected a few days earlier or is he bothered by all of the snow that was still covering my truck.  Not!  He said I was going 65 in a 55.  I smiled and battled my eyes in all my innocence. He asked for my driver's license, registration card and insurance information. When he was back at his car I kept wanting to get out my camera and take a picture, but I was afraid that would just make him mad.  He came back and said he just wanted to make sure I had insurance and he was going to give me a warning.  Praise the Lord for a warning!  I kept asking Jesus to have him just give me a warning and he answered my prayer right then and there!  It has been 20+ years since I have been pulled over.  That time it was in a speed trap in Charleston.  I had just found out the guy I was engaged to was cheating on me and I was crying.  Yeah, I got a ticket back then.  My first and only one. 

We're Home!

We are home!  I took a lousy picture of my Little Man's teeth that the surgeon removed this morning, but you can tell they were HUGE!  The round thing is a dime! lol  The tooth on the left is the one that was impacted and the other one on the right is the baby tooth that was already down that he removed to make it easier for him to get the adult tooth that was impacted.  

It snowed some this morning so I left a little early to make sure we got there on time.  We got there early.  Then the surgeon was running behind. So we had to wait a little while before they started. I think it took longer to hook him up to the nitrous and the iv than it did for the surgery.  Once he was ready for the surgery they had us to leave the room.  I brought along a book that I've been trying to read for MONTHS!  lol  I only read 2 pages before the surgeon was out to tell us he was all finished!  

He's a little mad because he still needs to have the gauze in his mouth because it is still bleeding some.  His numbness is starting to wear off.  I did however have to give him some Motrin about a mile from the doctor's office.  He started crying saying he was in pain just as soon as the lady shut the door!  Isn't that the way it goes!  lol  

He has stitches that will dissolve in a few days.  He'll be on a soft foods diet for about 2 days.  He will like that because he loves mashed potatoes and ice cream!  

I want to thank everyone for their prayers and comments from previous posts!  

Angela  

UPDATE on Son's extra tooth

My son had his 3-D x-ray of his teeth today to see which tooth was the best one to keep and which one to extract. The oral surgeon said both teeth look very much alike, but the one that isn't down is the one that he thinks is the one that needs to come out. I asked if he was to pull the one that is already down if the other extra tooth would come down and fill in that ones place. He said that sometimes they don't. So Friday he will be having surgery to remove the extra tooth. He also wants to remove one of the baby teeth that is beside it to make it easier for him to remove the one that is impacted. So he's going to have 2 teeth removed Friday. They could have done it tomorrow, but he was crying because he didn't want to miss church. I'm quickly finding out that our dental insurance isn't worth having. I had to pay $80 for the office visit today because my insurance told them they won't pay for the visit. When they checked to see how much the insurance would cover for the surgery they were shocked. Our insurance won't pay for the nitrous so the surgeon said he wouldn't charge us for that. They won't pay for the extraction of the impacted extra tooth at all! They will only pay 80% of the cost to pull the baby tooth. I believe they told me my part will be $535. I also get to write a check for close to $5,000 for the first phase of braces in January. Our insurance will only pay $1,500 lifetime toward braces.

Prayers for my Son

I would appreciate it if you could say a little prayer for my son.  It's nothing life threatening.  It's just scary.  I took him to the dentist for his routine teeth cleaning last month.  After his appointment I was told that they want to send him to an orthodontist because he has such an overbite and his upper teeth stick out really far that if he gets hit by a ball or something happens to his mouth his teeth can snap and break.  I quickly made an appointment with the best orthodontist that I know of in my area.  We took him to their office last week.  I told them about how he had had an extra baby tooth, but lost both those teeth this summer and only one tooth came back in to replace the 2 that he lost.  They did a panoramic x-ray and low and behold if he doesn't have an extra adult tooth that is directly above the tooth that came in.  The orthodontist has called and talked to the oral surgeon directly about my son this morning.  They are in the process of getting him an appointment asap.  The oral surgeon has a 3-D x-ray that will enable us to figure out which tooth it is that he will need to remove.  The 3-D x-ray will show us which tooth has the best root and the best tooth as far as appearance is concerned.  I am really hoping and praying that the tooth that has already came in will be the one that will need to be removed.  I really don't want him to have to have surgery to remove the extra tooth that is still up in the gum area.  He's only 8.  The orthodontist office says that extra teeth are a hereditary thing!  I at first couldn't think of anyone with extra teeth until on my way home.  I remembered my aunt had an extra tooth that was moving in the wrong direction and up into her nasal cavity when she was in her 30's.  

Thanks for your prayers!
Angela

This family needs our prayers and support

I just read one of the most horrific stories from one of the blogs I follow.  Please go HERE to read about it.  I'm at a loss of words.  I just don't know what to say except this family needs our prayers and support. 

Leaves for Leontien

 I took these pictures today on my way home from the big city just for Leontien.  I tried to capture God's beauty that was all around me on my way home.  It is my hope that when she sees my pictures she will feel God's love for her and have that sweet peace that I had when I had breast cancer.  Leontien is battling melanoma for the second time.  Please join in to show your support and love for their dear sweet blogging friend.  You can link up at A Rural Journal.  

Granny's funeral is today

Mrs. Ruby "Pauline" Muck McClanahan, 89, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2012, at CAMC Memorial Division, after a short illness.

She was born December 11, 1922, to the late George and Myrtle King Muck. In addition, Pauline was preceded in death by husband, Tony McClanahan; son, Terry L. McClanahan; brothers, Richard, John and Earl Muck; and sisters, Marie Roy, Ambrosia Thomas and Katherine McClanahan.

She is survived by son, Randy McClanahan; daughters, Linda and husband, Paul Roberts, Joyce Winter and Kathy and husband, Eddie Withrow; sister, Sylvia Hager; brothers, Clifford and Leroy Muck; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

"Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but the woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates." Proverbs 31.

Do not stand at my grave a weep;

I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn's rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush.

Of quiet birds in circled flight,

I am the soft star that shines at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there, I did not die.